Are these RX 6600 XT deals good, or should I rather wait a month or so before buying?

[SimonD]

Good day everyone. I am kind of in the market for a new GPU and decided that an AMD RX 6600 XT seems like a good combination of price to performance, as well as future-proofing my rig for some time.

While looking around I found these 2 deals for R5 999 and R6 499, respectively.

RX 6600 XT (Evetech)
RX 6600 XT (Wootware)

When looking around here on Carbonite, however, all the used deals I see for said GPU is also around R6k.
Are these just great deals worth buying now, or would it probably be a better idea to give it another month or so?

Any advice guys? Should I look at a different GPU altogether?
R6 000 is a lot of money and I don't want to blow it on a bad deal.

Thanks.

 

[goldfritter]

Before you consider buying from Evetech, search the forum here for people's horror stories of dealing with them. Then decide if the risk is really worth the savings.

GPU prices have been dropping steadily for months now and might keep dropping a bit. Probably no harm in waiting, unless you urgently need a card right now.

As for which GPU to get. Which games, resolution, quality settings, and frame rate are you targeting?

 

[PsychoticKing]

Good day everyone. I am kind of in the market for a new GPU and decided that an AMD RX 6600 XT seems like a good combination of price to performance, as well as future-proofing my rig for some time.

While looking around I found these 2 deals for R5 999 and R6 499, respectively.

RX 6600 XT (Evetech)
RX 6600 XT (Wootware)

When looking around here on Carbonite, however, all the used deals I see for said GPU is also around R6k.
Are these just great deals worth buying now, or would it probably be a better idea to give it another month or so?

Any advice guys? Should I look at a different GPU altogether?
R6 000 is a lot of money and I don't want to blow it on a bad deal.

Thanks.

My suggestion is to go with Wootware but if you want a better brand card and willing to fight with Evetech if there is issues then this is great card at the price: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 8GB GDDR6 - Best Deal - South Africa

 

[el3venth]

I do find it funny that there is more photos of the free backpack (22 photos) on the Evetech website than of the GPU (7 photos).

 

[PsychoticKing]

I do find it funny that there is more photos of the free backpack (22 photos) on the Evetech website than of the GPU (7 photos).

Lol did not even notice that. Still find it finny that they out laptop backpacks with PC hardware.

 

[TollieKop]

My suggestion is to go with Wootware but if you want a better brand card and willing to fight with Evetech if there is issues then this is great card at the price: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 8GB GDDR6 - Best Deal - South Africa

It's actually good to see the pics!
Stainless steel - about damn time cos not everyone lives in low humidity, they need to make all metal PC parts non-ferrous

 

[TollieKop]

Lol did not even notice that. Still find it finny that they out laptop backpacks with PC hardware.

For when you take your GPU to your friend's house to LAN

 

[Switch]

Good day everyone. I am kind of in the market for a new GPU and decided that an AMD RX 6600 XT seems like a good combination of price to performance, as well as future-proofing my rig for some time.

While looking around I found these 2 deals for R5 999 and R6 499, respectively.

RX 6600 XT (Evetech)
RX 6600 XT (Wootware)

When looking around here on Carbonite, however, all the used deals I see for said GPU is also around R6k.
Are these just great deals worth buying now, or would it probably be a better idea to give it another month or so?

Any advice guys? Should I look at a different GPU altogether?
R6 000 is a lot of money and I don't want to blow it on a bad deal.

Thanks.

Wootware is the better choice, the R500 difference is the cost you're paying for superior after sales service and avoiding warranty shenanigans (the 3 year warranty (based on gigabyte) is basically worth R500). And the woot card comes with 2 free games to offset the difference (vs the laptop bag) if that matters.

 

[SimonD]

Before you consider buying from Evetech, search the forum here for people's horror stories of dealing with them. Then decide if the risk is really worth the savings.

GPU prices have been dropping steadily for months now and might keep dropping a bit. Probably no harm in waiting, unless you urgently need a card right now.

As for which GPU to get. Which games, resolution, quality settings, and frame rate are you targeting?

Thanks for your reply. It's not that I urgently need a new card, but I just really want one. I'm currently using a GTX 670 since I built my PC during the absolute worst time to buy a decent GPU.

I'm using a 1080p 240hz monitor and really enjoying the higher refresh rate in whatever I can get it, so if I have a good GPU I'd probably play games like the Far Cry series, Just Cause, Battlefield in 1080p and aiming for at least 120fps wherever possible.
Mostly FPS games, but that's not the only genre I enjoy.

 

[SimonD]

My suggestion is to go with Wootware but if you want a better brand card and willing to fight with Evetech if there is issues then this is great card at the price: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 8GB GDDR6 - Best Deal - South Africa

Thanks. I heard some bad stories, let some time go by and now I thought "How bad can it be?".
It seems that it's still best to stay away from them anyway.

 

[SimonD]

Wootware is the better choice, the R500 difference is the cost you're paying for superior after sales service and avoiding warranty shenanigans (the 3 year warranty (based on gigabyte) is basically worth R500). And the woot card comes with 2 free games to offset the difference (vs the laptop bag) if that matters.

Thanks. They seem to be the better option if I were to buy now, but do you think GPU prices will be considerably better a few months down the line or is now as good a time as any?

 

[goldfritter]

Thanks for your reply. It's not that I urgently need a new card, but I just really want one. I'm currently using a GTX 670 since I built my PC during the absolute worst time to buy a decent GPU.

I'm using a 1080p 240hz monitor and really enjoying the higher refresh rate in whatever I can get it, so if I have a good GPU I'd probably play games like the Far Cry series, Just Cause, Battlefield in 1080p and aiming for at least 120fps wherever possible.
Mostly FPS games, but that's not the only genre I enjoy.

Well with an RX 6600 XT you should get at least 60FPS in pretty much all games at 1080p, and your average should be higher than 120FPS, at ultra settings:

In terms of nice-to-haves: it is worth noting that you won't get very good ray tracing performance; for that you'd probably want to go with an RTX 3060Ti (or maaaaybe a 3060 but then you'd lose out a bit on non-ray-traced FPS). The Nvidia cards also support both DLSS and FSR, while the AMD cards support only FSR.

But overall the RX 6600XT should be a decent upgrade for you.

 

[SimonD]

I do find it funny that there is more photos of the free backpack (22 photos) on the Evetech website than of the GPU (7 photos).

That and the resolution compared to the pictures of the actual GPU's features lol

 

[SimonD]

My suggestion is to go with Wootware but if you want a better brand card and willing to fight with Evetech if there is issues then this is great card at the price: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 8GB GDDR6 - Best Deal - South Africa

Thanks. I was wondering about that R500 difference, but I think that's sorted out now.

 

[Marcell1992]

The new cards are being announced November if I remember correctly from the CPU showcase. So wait until then when CUDders panic sell their hardware for something better

 

[SimonD]

Well with an RX 6600 XT you should get at least 60FPS in pretty much all games at 1080p, and your average should be higher than 120FPS, at ultra settings:

In terms of nice-to-haves: it is worth noting that you won't get very good ray tracing performance; for that you'd probably want to go with an RTX 3060Ti (or maaaaybe a 3060 but then you'd lose out a bit on non-ray-traced FPS). The Nvidia cards also support both DLSS and FSR, while the AMD cards support only FSR.

But overall the RX 6600XT should be a decent upgrade for you.

Damn that does look juicy... I'm not sure if all the hype about ray tracing is worth it for my case though.
It might also be worth noting that I have an AMD CPU, as well as an NVME SSD, so Infinity Cache might be a benefit of going with AMD here.

 

[SimonD]

The new cards are being announced November if I remember correctly from the CPU showcase. So wait until then when CUDders panic sell their hardware for something better

Thanks. That drop in pricing might just make it worth it to wait.

 

[goldfritter]

Damn that does look juicy... I'm not sure if all the hype about ray tracing is worth it for my case though.

Ray tracing looks really great on some games, but quite meh on others. But if it doesn't grab you then don't let it be the deciding factor in choosing a GPU.

It might also be worth noting that I have an AMD CPU, as well as an NVME SSD, so Infinity Cache might be a benefit of going with AMD here.

Do you mean Smart Access Memory? Infinity Cache is just a name for how AMD GPU's interact with their VRAM. If you mean Smart Access Memory, it can be enabled on both AMD and Intel CPUs, and both AMD and Nvidia GPUs (it's called "resizable BAR" if you're not on an AMD/AMD system). It gives varying performance improvements across the board, so I would not factor it into the decision-making process either.

NVMe SSDs will only come into play when Microsoft enables DirectStorage, but this should benefit both AMD and Nvidia GPUs about the same.

 

[Petester]

Pricing is not going to go much lower. When new cards come out that doesn't mean the current Gen will drop in price. If the expected local retail is high, then none of the current cards will lose value.

 

[Switch]

Thanks. They seem to be the better option if I were to buy now, but do you think GPU prices will be considerably better a few months down the line or is now as good a time as any?

Will the 6600xt over the next 6 months drop to R2000? No, R3000? Extremely unlikely, R4000? Maybe if retailers need to clear inventory. So without a crystal ball it's not really possible to determine what their lowest price will be in the future, but there is a minimum cost value that they wont go below before the card is discontinued, and I think that price is within the upper average of that pricing area. Sure the card could go off another R1000 due to various factors, especially with new cards coming, but then for you to save money you are spending time waiting and losing out on time to enjoy using that card before it becomes obsolete. You can buy a top of the range gtx 590 for like 90% off it's original price, but you had to spend 10 years worth of time waiting to gain that monetary saving.

My comments are for retail, second hand is completely unknown. You might get lucky with taking advantage of someone's ultra cheap power card due to unfortunate financial distress, who knows.

Ray tracing looks really great on some games, but quite meh on others. But if it doesn't grab you then don't let it be the deciding factor in choosing a GPU.

I don't think RT is a worthwhile mention on the current mid range cards, they don't have the power to pull it off. Realistically the minimum is a 3070ti if not a 3080. Dlss/fsr on the other hand is worthwhile tech to get for gaining more performance.

 

[SimonD]

Ray tracing looks really great on some games, but quite meh on others. But if it doesn't grab you then don't let it be the deciding factor in choosing a GPU.


Do you mean Smart Access Memory? Infinity Cache is just a name for how AMD GPU's interact with their VRAM. If you mean Smart Access Memory, it can be enabled on both AMD and Intel CPUs, and both AMD and Nvidia GPUs (it's called "resizable BAR" if you're not on an AMD/AMD system). It gives varying performance improvements across the board, so I would not factor it into the decision-making process either.

NVMe SSDs will only come into play when Microsoft enables DirectStorage, but this should benefit both AMD and Nvidia GPUs about the same.

Oh yeah I do mean Smart Access Memory.
Great advice, thank you.

I'm still waiting for Direct Storage before I switch to Windows 11, but I'm looking forward to that.

 

[SimonD]

Pricing is not going to go much lower. When new cards come out that doesn't mean the current Gen will drop in price. If the expected local retail is high, then none of the current cards will lose value.

Thanks. So now might be as good a time as any to buy it seems...

 

[Petester]

Thanks. So now might be as good a time as any to buy it seems...

Yes, and keep in mind they always release the higher end cards first. So RTX 4090, RTX 4080 first and then the RTX 4070.
Usually a card like the RTX 4060 comes out a few months later. In any case none of these are going to be close to your budget , so there will be nothing around R5k for quite some time.

 

[SimonD]

Will the 6600xt over the next 6 months drop to R2000? No, R3000? Extremely unlikely, R4000? Maybe if retailers need to clear inventory. So without a crystal ball it's not really possible to determine what their lowest price will be in the future, but there is a minimum cost value that they wont go below before the card is discontinued, and I think the current price is within the upper average of that pricing area. Sure the card could go off another R1000 due to various factors, especially with new cards coming, but then for you to save money you are spending time waiting and losing out on time to enjoy using that card before it becomes obsolete. You can buy a top of the range gtx 590 for like 90% off it's original price, but you had to spend 10 years worth of time waiting to gain that monetary saving.

Thank you! If it's not going to drop R1-2k in the next month or two though I might as well just buy it now

 

[SimonD]

Yes, and keep in mind they always release the higher end cards first. So RTX 4090, RTX 4080 first and then the RTX 4070.
Usually a card like the RTX 4060 comes out a few months later. In any case none of these are going to be close to your budget , so there will be nothing around R5k for quite some time.

Wow thanks. That is pretty much the answer I was looking (and secretly kinda hoping) for!

 

[Oj0]

Yes, and keep in mind they always release the higher end cards first. So RTX 4090, RTX 4080 first and then the RTX 4070.
Usually a card like the RTX 4060 comes out a few months later. In any case none of these are going to be close to your budget , so there will be nothing around R5k for quite some time.

According to a certain vendor, they only have 4090 SKUs scheduled for this year, with lower end being next year - exactly what NVIDIA said to me a few weeks ago :/

Fingers crossed NV changes their minds as that would suck, but given the stupid amount of RTX 30 inventory they're sitting with I guess it makes sense.

 

[SimonD]

In terms of nice-to-haves: it is worth noting that you won't get very good ray tracing performance; for that you'd probably want to go with an RTX 3060Ti (or maaaaybe a 3060 but then you'd lose out a bit on non-ray-traced FPS). The Nvidia cards also support both DLSS and FSR, while the AMD cards support only FSR.

I also don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I am planning to use some productivity apps as well (Lightroom, Illustrator, some 3D CAD designing, etc.)

Anyways, in your opinion, is this then a better buy for R500 extra?
I see it also has 12GB VRAM, which would probably be quite nice instead of the 6600 XT's 8GB

 

[goldfritter]

I also don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I am planning to use some productivity apps as well (Lightroom, Illustrator, some 3D CAD designing, etc.)

Anyways, in your opinion, is this then a better buy for R500 extra?
I see it also has 12GB VRAM, which would probably be quite nice instead of the 6600 XT's 8GB

This is difficult to judge as most of the major review sites are dedicated to gaming performance rather than productivity performance. However, Puget Systems does some extensive testing of GPUs for various productivity applications. It looks like they don't directly test the RX 6600 XT, but the RTX 3060 beats even the RX 6900 XT in some applications.

So it is possible that the 3060 is a more rounded GPU overall when you take into account DLSS, ray tracing, and productivity, despite its deficit in pure gaming FPS. I also know that Nvidia GPUs are able to run some encoding workloads that AMD cards are not. You'd have to do some more digging to determine whether it will really work better for your needs or not.

 

[Petester]

Just get this card and be done with it. Gaming and Productivity sorted

NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 48GB GDDR6 - Best Deal - South Africa

www.evetech.co.za

 

[TheJudge]

I have the XFX 6600 XT. It's chunky but tests showed the cooling solution isn't near the top.

As for price, well just a few months ago these were going for almost R10k. I bought at R8.5k. it's kak but such is life and I'm not going to stress over that given I got actual use out of the card in the meantime.

I don't play insane games, Fallout 4, Metro, Fallout 76 etc on a 1080p monitor and it's fine.

I have a Ryzen 5600 on a B550 with DDR4 running on default because of the Dell monitor not liking the input signal when it posts. Point is the performance I'm seeing could definitely be improved just in the BIOS but is doing what I need at the moment so not too worried.